Monthly Archives: October 2014

October 27th, 2014

Our consultant Andrew Caplen, currently President of the Law Society of England and Wales has walked over 65 miles to raise money for charity.  Andrew walked the Test Way, starting at Inkpen Beacon on the Hampshire Berkshire border, on his first day walking to Chilbolton.  On his second day he walked to Hythe and on […]

October 8th, 2014

On the 1st October 2014 the rules of intestacy in England and Wales will change, with the coming into force of the Inheritance and Trustees Powers Act 2014. If you don’t have a legally valid will in place this could affect you. Although the new Act may be good news for some, it highlights that the […]

October 8th, 2014

NOTARY TRAINING DAY – MORE HISTORICAL STUFF! Last week I attended a Notary Training Event at Madingley Hall just outside of Cambridge.   The Hall is lovely: built round about 1540, in private ownership until 1948, when bought by the University for £50,000.  This must have been a huge amount of money in those days, although […]

October 6th, 2014

Heppenstalls were pleased to sponsor a display by the Company and Pikemen of Musketeers at Hurst Castle on 13th September 2014. The Keyhaven Car Park was packed so we had to drive along to the “crabbing bridge” and then walk along the Spit to the Castle.  A forty minute walk, but well worthwhile as the display […]